Using Action Outputs

GrillMyCode exposes four outputs that can be consumed by subsequent steps in the same job.

Output	Description
output_file	Path to the generated assessment Markdown file
questions	The raw generated questions as a string
code_before_strip	Full code content of all assessed files before comment stripping
code_after_strip	Full code content of all assessed files after comment stripping

Referencing an output

Give the action step an id, then reference its outputs using steps.<id>.outputs.<name>:

- uses: NSCC-ITC-Assessment/GrillMyCode@v1
  id: assess
  with:
    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- name: Print questions to the log
  run: echo "${{ steps.assess.outputs.questions }}"

Uploading the assessment as an artifact

- uses: NSCC-ITC-Assessment/GrillMyCode@v1
  id: assess
  with:
    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- name: Upload assessment
  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: assessment
    path: ${{ steps.assess.outputs.output_file }}

Conditional steps based on output

- uses: NSCC-ITC-Assessment/GrillMyCode@v1
  id: assess
  with:
    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- name: Comment character count
  run: |
    echo "Code before stripping: $(echo "${{ steps.assess.outputs.code_before_strip }}" | wc -c) chars"
    echo "Code after stripping:  $(echo "${{ steps.assess.outputs.code_after_strip }}" | wc -c) chars"